The serious and sometimes satirical reflections of a priest, poet, and pilgrim —
who knowing he has not obtained the goal, presses on in a Godward direction.
... when reading the Anglican Covenant:
“a clear-sighted companion.... If you are passionate about the vitality of today’s church, I encourage you to accompany him on his mystagogical excursion into the liturgical landscape. You will rediscover a familiar place rife with fresh provisions planted by the God who longs to feed our deepest hungers and hopes.” —Jay Koyle, chair, Faith, Worship and Ministry of The Anglican Church of Canada
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Do as I say not as I do.
Who told you you could bring that in here!?
I hear my mother's voice every time I read that!
* How CAN you do this to me?!
* After ALL I've done for you!
* As long as you have your feet under my table...
Thanks for the additions! Keep 'em coming.
"Because I said so!"
" . . to be seen and not heard."
"War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength."
and, of course,
". . better this one man should die . . . "
The Windsor Report was pretty thoughtful as is the Covenant, neither of which deserve flippant responses. I would add to the sloganeering list above "worth working for" as in "the Communion as worth working for because I believe that a model of real international unity by consent is a very precious gift to the Christian world at large." A very mature statement from Rowan Williams.
JOHN 2007
Thanks, all.
John2007, there are some excellent portions of both the Windsor Report and the proposed Anglican Covenant. Unfortunately, like the curate's egg, both are seriously flawed; and the good parts are offset and their value undone by the faulty reasoning, historical inaccuracy, and the thinking underlying much of the texts.
The Anglican Covenant is not a sound way forward in service to the Anglican Communion, hobbled as it is with inaccuracies, uncertainties and inconsistencies. The Communion is definitely worth working for, but not by this means. Is that mature enough for you?
I wouldn't call either the Windsor Report or the Covenant "thoughtful" so much as "political."
Enough was added for plausible deniability (see Cameron's response), and the "thoughtful" is actually a great deal of insular thought about "why-we're-right."
Not thoughtful, just full of self-justification.
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